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gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 07 Jun 2007 17:49

Thought I lost my footbag, but it just ended up being in a corner of my room filled with crap (the bag wasn't filled with crap, the corner was

) It's a good thing I found it today, because tomorrow I'm leaving for a Royal Caribbean cruise

and I'm going to get as much practice in as I can.

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 18 Jun 2007 09:32

Damn it, I think I left my fucking new FootFighter on the Cruise Ship

I can't find it ANYWHERE. I'm so fucking pissed right now.

Edit: Nope didn't lose it, it was in my shorts pocket, found it cleaning out my laundry

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 11 Jul 2007 20:25

Today's session went kinda well. I practiced atw's and clippers, I can get around 10 alternating and ss clippers, and I'm still working to get around 20ish. I'm dropping for stupid reasons, and I'm trying to pick apart why so I can hit more. Sometimes, for ss clippers I start leaning to the side too much and it screws up my balance, and for alternating clippers I set too high, don't set straight up and down, and other things.

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 15 Jul 2007 11:35

I stitched my first footbag yesterday out of two old t-shirts, one grey, one white. It actually wasn't a bad first bag, it's very round, I got the stitching down and found a good technique, I did a good job with the blind stitch, but... well, I had to hire this guy to carry the bag around cuz it's SO FUCKING BIG.

Then today I stitched my second bag, it's waaay smaller and a lot better, made out of the same old shirts. Here's the picture:

Incase you didn't notice, I put a dollar sign on one of the pents, since I've decided to call my bags Moneybags. I don't have a golf ball to compare sizes, but what I did have was a FootFighter:

I'm going to order some ultrasuede light soon, then some different filler because the steel bb's I have are kinda big.

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 22 Jul 2007 15:25

Just finished today's session, and I'm sweating like a fat man waiting in line at McDonalds

I'm now 8 reps away from my alternating clipper goal, which is 20. I was ssooooo damn close to hitting DATW today. I just barely kicked it with my left foot, and I hit it with my right foot, and I got so excited when it hit my foot that I dove down and held it down on my foot with both hands

I can definately feel and see improvement every time I play, and all my hard work is starting to pay off. I wish I never took that 6 month break, because I can never get that time back.

max · Post by **max** » 24 Jul 2007 09:46

cool bags and nice chop

looks like you may still need some stitching practice though

This advice from a guy who has stitched a grand total of one panel (one a twelve panel bag no less) and managed to completely deform the finished bag.

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 24 Jul 2007 12:20

oh yeah, i forgot to post my newer bags. here:

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 29 Jul 2007 18:38

4 away from my alt. clipper goal of 20, and here's my latest and greatest:

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 31 Jul 2007 19:35

I got a new pair of Lavers today, freshly modded. My other ones were not only worn to death, but I did a lot of modding to them, too much modding, and I needed a new pair. Plus my mom offered me a new pair anyways so I took the opportunity

I've had my older ones since before I started freestyling, and it was time to let go

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 01 Aug 2007 14:46

We have band camp all this week, and today after lunch a few of us started a hacky sack circle. I did soooooo good. I had my best and longest strings I've ever hit. I was completely suprised how good I got. No bails to 1 adds, or anything. And this was infront of a group of people who thought an ATW was amazing. And I bet almost everyone in the lunchroom saw it too. I'm really starting to improve, not only can I feel it, but now I can see it too.

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 01 Aug 2007 16:32

Wow today is a good day. Clipper goal of 20, done. Out of the way. I swear, it's the new lavers

Or the fact that I've been drilling really hard, or a combo of both.

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 20 Aug 2007 13:57

Wheew I hit DATW today!

I even beat my BS mirage goal today of 12.

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 11 Sep 2007 15:49

I played for the first time in like 2 weeks today, and it felt pretty good. I even got a challenge knocked off. I think the biggest challenge for me in my footbag... um, journey

is staying comitted. I really have no reason to keep playing, so if I find something difficult, or something I don't find fun, I just kinda say "fuck it." When I was in track, soccer, or band or whatever, I didn't have to worry about comittment, because it's either 'practice every day and get better almost no matter what' or 'quit,' and I've never really been a fan of quitting something halfway into it like that. For footbag, it's like 'practice every day and get better,' or 'don't.' It's partially my overly lazy attitude towards everything, where I manage to slip by all the time without any hard work. It's just become a habit. Throughout all of school, I've gotten all A's and B's (with exception of one C, because the teacher was a complete whackjob) and I've still never really been challenged. Hopefully when I grow older and *wiser* I'll stop being so damn lazy.

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 27 Sep 2007 19:26

I really need to practice more. I haven't played since September 11th. I managed to almost reach a goal today, and overall had a good session, but I need to practice more often. I have two sides, a side that doesn't want to loose all the potential I have, and a side that wants to go online and play videogames all day. So far, the latter is winning. I can't seem to motivate myself very well

Burrin · Post by **Burrin** » 27 Sep 2007 21:08

Try osis>ss butter rpt do it till you can't move.
Also try ducking and diving. It will help with your clipper length and form.

Bops?

Try Mirage(or Smear if you can)> PLO rpt keeps you from landing to hard on your moves

Let me know how those go :]

Keep on shredding :]

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 28 Sep 2007 13:14

Hey, thanks for that. I kinda want to work on illusions and pickups before I work on 3 adds, though. (When I first started playing, I figured they were just different directions of mirages and legovers, so I decided not to learn them, and now I'm catching up.)

Burrin · Post by **Burrin** » 28 Sep 2007 15:58

Okay cool, try ill.>Mirage>pickup or legover

Hehe

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 01 Oct 2007 13:33

I'm still working on datw. It's not the dexes, it's the catch at the end. If my lavers were less weight and my feet weren't so damn big, I could land it, but whenever I try barefooted I just end up kicking it.

sniper4life · Post by **sniper4life** » 03 Oct 2007 14:53

Hey, whats up. Wondered if u wanted to shred sometime? I havnt played in quite a bit. It'd be cool to play with someone for once.

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 03 Oct 2007 16:32

uh, ok. where and what day? I'd say monday would be best, since it's columbus day or whatever.

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